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Congress and CALRE sign a co-operation agreement

Congress and CALRE sign a co-operation agreement
[17/09/2010]

On the occasion of the Congress Bureau meeting on 17 September in Strasbourg, Ian Micallef, acting President of the Congress, and Giovanni Kessler, President of the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE), signed a co-operation agreement between the two institutions. “With this agreement, we wish to consolidate our partnership and work in synergy with CALRE. Our common aim is to support regional democracy and reinforce the participation of citizens in political life at regional level,” stressed Ian Micallef. “I hope that this agreement will be the first step towards a long-lasting collaboration, which will allow CALRE and the Congress to promote the institutional model of regional legislative assemblies,” underlined Giovanni Kessler.